Cuban goalkeeper Sandy sandocan Sánchez played for the last time with the colors of the Island this Tuesday, when his team lost 2-4 against Canada. After the game, held at the Shell Energy Stadium in Texas, USA, he “ran away”. A few hours before, the doctor of the Cuban soccer team, Alexis Martínez, also left the delegation.
After the Cuban failure in the Gold Cup, Sánchez defected after playing until the 61st minute “to establish himself” in the US, said Alexander Ramírez, a contributor to the magazine Play Off Magazine. Days before, his companions had also escaped Roberney Caballero, Denilson Milanés, Neisser Sandó and Jassael Herrera.
The escape of Sánchez and his teammates “represents a record of departures in Gold Cup events,” said the sports journalist francis romero. They exceed the four that were registered in the 2015 and 2019 editions. With Sandocan “there are 35 dropouts of Cuban athletes in 2023.”
The escape of Sánchez and his teammates “represents a record of departures in Gold Cup events”
As for the team doctor, Alexis Martínez, his departure was reported by the magazine’s contributor Cuban ball Yordano Carmona, who recalled that the team’s previous doctor had also left the team after receiving his visa to the US.
The official media Hit He acknowledged that after the three defeats in the Gold Cup, “disappointment” prevailed at not being able to qualify. Goalkeeper Raiko, brother of baseball player Randy Arozarena, mentioned that Sandy Sánchez’s lineup was to “give him play.”
In the 2022 edition of the Gold Cup, the athletes Rey Ángel Martínez, 20, and Alberto Delgado, 22, abandoned the Cuban soccer team.
In 2005, during a stay in Seattle, soccer players Yaykel Pérez and Maykel Galindo separated from the group. Pérez’s physical qualities led him to be signed by the Chivas USA team, being recognized as the first Cuban to play with a team with Mexican roots.
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